Example sentences of "had assumed [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For most of his life , doctors had assumed that the man was incapable of making his own insulin in the cells of his pancreas .
2 Whereas Barlow and Abercrombie had assumed that the problem was distribution of population and employment ; the issue for the 1960s was also growth .
3 Thus Beveridge had assumed that the elimination of poverty was integrally linked to policies for health , education , housing and town planning , and full employment .
4 Just that she had assumed that the booking had been made for him and someone else .
5 Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain .
6 Up to a dozen viewers had heard my throwaway remarks and had assumed that the party at Frenchay really would be out in the street .
7 He had come to like and trust Lorton ; he had assumed that the feeling was reciprocated .
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